Watch: Simon Stone's radical update of Federico García Lorca’s "Yerma" starring @bpiperofficial begins previews this week! Tap the link in our profile to learn more and be among the first to experience this "astonishingly powerful" (@timeoutlondon) theatrical event beginning Friday, March 23 #PAAYerma

Tomorrow, hear experimental music from iconoclastic sound artist Alvin Curran in the Veterans Room as part of our first #ArtistsStudio event of the season! Curran will perform works from “The Alvin Curran Fakebook,” which the artist describes as “a kind of autobiography in musical notation.” Tap the link in our profile to learn more and purchase tickets #AlvinCurran (📷: Courtesy the Artist)

For #InternationalWomensDay we’re honoring contributions of the women of the Seventh Regiment—wives, mothers, sisters, and friends—during World War I. While the men of the Regiment were away training and preparing for battle, the women in New York mobilized to support the troops by joining groups like the Women's Auxiliary Club and Squad Sisters Association. By March of 1918, the Women's Auxiliary had 725 members and a dedicated room in the Armory for their work, which included knitting and shipping thousands of sweaters, socks, and caps to the troops down South. The Squad Sisters, pictured above, were based in the Hotel McAlpin on Herald Square where they would write letters and assemble small gift packages, which the men said were "a slice of joy to blot out thoughts of mud...'cooties,' and a thousand and one other glooms" at camp. To learn more about the Seventh Regiment's involvement in WWI, look for posts tagged #107NYCentennial as we commemorate the 100-year anniversary of America's involvement in the war throughout the year #WomensHistoryMonth#WWICC

We’re only weeks away from the North American premiere of “Yerma”—Australian director Simon Stone’s radical re-imagination of Frederico García Lorca’s devastating drama about a woman’s desperate desire to have a child starring @bpiperofficial. Check out photos from the play’s critically-acclaimed run at London’s @youngvictheatre and tap the link in our profile to learn more. Previews begin March 23! (📷: Johan Persson) #PAAYerma

Beginning tomorrow, hear the next generation of opera talent from @metopera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program for an evening of art songs and lieder in the Board of Officers Room. Bass David Leigh (@davidleighbass), mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo, and pianists Valeria Polunina (@valeriapoluninapiano) and Nate Raskin will perform works by Schubert, Strauss, Rossini, Berg, and more. Grab tickets ($40) via our profile link #RecitalSeries

Happy #PresidentsDay! With presidential portraits recently making headlines, you might be surprised to learn that the Armory owns several likenesses of our nation's Commanders in Chief, including this rare but familiar-looking example of George Washington created by Rembrandt Peale. Peale was one of the few artists to paint the president from life, first in 1795. This version, known as the "Patriae Pater" (Father of the Country), was created in 1823 after Washington's death and was presented to the Regiment in 1861 after being purchased for $500 from Peale's estate. The painting is currently being cleaned and repaired for minor surface cracking. Be sure to stop by the Colonels Room next time you're at the Armory to take a look!

Beginning this Friday, soprano @nadine.sierra will perform works by Strauss, Schubert, Barber, Turina, Braga, Villa-Lobos, and Bernstein as part of her sold-out Recital Series engagement in the Armory's Board of Officers Room. Check out Nadine's latest Instagram post (link in bio) to discover how she selects pieces for her recitals and to follow her as she travels and performs at the Armory and beyond! (📷: Merri Cyr) #RecitalSeries

Next week! Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano @isabelleonardny kicks off our 2018 season with an all-Bernstein #RecitalSeries performance in honor of the centenary of the iconic composer's birth. Learn more about the Recital Series and view other events in our 2018 season by tapping the link in our profile (📷: Becca Fay)

Merry Christmas! This holiday, we’re continuing to track the history of the Seventh Regiment exactly 100 years ago, as the men prepared and trained for their part in America’s participation in WWI. The above image comes from the Christmas edition of “The Wadsworth Gas Attack and The Rio Grande Rattler”—the official publication of the 27th Infantry Division while it was training at Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Only a handful of men from each company of the 107th Infantry were fortunate enough to draw Christmas furlough, and the men who remained at camp erected miniature trees in their tents (complete with stockings) and decorated the mess tents with tinsel, holly, and even mistletoe. With help from the wives who had moved down to Spartanburg, each company held a holiday feast and exchanged presents with their officers. Songs were sung, dances were danced, and though they missed the comforts of home, the 107th made a fine company for one another. Here’s to hoping your Christmas is merry and bright wherever you are! 🎄✨🎅 #107NYCentennial#WWIC